FIDE Grand Prix Belgrade Knockout Stage What-Ifs
How the odds change with each result
This post will be quick. No fancy tables or interactivity - just the cold hard numbers! Check out the bracket I built if you want to see some more scenarios.
I ran 1,000 simulations for each scenario. The numbers should be at most 1-2% off, but I’ll run some more robust simulations once the games are over and we will know for sure!
I think Andreikin has the white pieces against Giri and Rapport has the white pieces against MVL.
If Andreikin beats Giri:
Giri wins semi: 0.221
Andreikin wins semi: 0.779
If they draw:
Giri wins semi: 0.694
Andreikin wins semi: 0.306
If Giri wins:
Giri wins semi: 0.964
Andreikin wins semi: 0.036
If Rapport beats MVL:
Rapport wins semi: 0.855
MVL wins semi: 0.145
If they draw:
Rapport wins semi: 0.432
MVL wins semi: 0.568
If MVL wins:
Rapport wins semi: 0.066
MVL wins semi: 0.934